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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In my neighborhood they tried to landmark a building because someone thought someone associated with the underground railroad might have lived there. Not that it was a stop. No artifacts suggesting it was MAYBE a stop. Not much info on the resident. Not even enough history to put up a plaque.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Mystery: "Where am I?" Surprise: "You're in the hospital! You got hit by a car." Theater: "Lots of people saw it happen!"

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm sorry but who's been out there on a crusade that gyms should be quiet places?

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yeah Alcantara was a mess and Espaillat tried to run one of her cronies to unseat Jackson a couple years ago. Will be nice if that whole crew gets the boot.

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yeah they were on almost every block in the 160s today on Amsterdam. Dunno if I've ever seen so many people handing out flyers for one candidate.

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Brad Fuckin Lander!! LFG!!! 😎😎🗽

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Did not even know it was possible to come back from that. 🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I took it once against the app's objection and it added over a half hour to my trip.

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Like it gave me 3 options and they were all variations of a J trip. The A was right on the way and the app was like "nah trust me don't"

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I thought it would be, but @transit.app was very insistent on the routing so I gave in and tried it a couple years ago to get from the C to the E. Now it's the only way I go.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The J bus is the most unexpectedly efficient transit line I've ever ridden. Just ridiculously fast.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

AI is essentially NoFace from Spirited Away.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Like if someone had to park by the Sunset Square marker to shop at TESO Life, they would LOSE THEIR MINDS. But it's totally fine to want pedestrians to walk 10x further to cross the street.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"Why can't pedestrians walk an extra quarter mile to cross the street?" It's always the same people that will drive in circles to find a parking space 20 feet closer.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

When Miss Hannigan said "we're not having hot mush today, we're having cold mush," she was talking about overnight oats and acai bowls.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Wait, so, was a 6 train from Newark Airport to Grand Central just sitting right there on the table as an option the whole time?

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

There's a fine line between "I'm going to do this my own way (creative)" and "I'm going to do this my own way (stubborn)".

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

New York and Chicago are always arguing about whose pizza is best. Meanwhile St. Louis is serving up this culinary masterpiece largely unnoticed.

Yeah but like, it feels like all administrations have been keeping the boot on Cuba for decades, no? Why are we in their business at all?

Like what are we still doing? Is there any threat, or is it "60 years ago we didn't like each other"?

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I'm not an AI person, but I might make an exception to just have them talk to a bot. When I kept one guy on topic, he followed his own logic and said people who couldn't afford health insurance would probably just die. The whole coffee house got quiet with that one. I don't think he came back.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I was chatting with a Libertarian a couple years ago. He thought his contrarianism made him edgy. I said "Yes, I know you're a libertarian, I've had this exact debate ten times with other people. It's so predictable, you all have the same opinions."

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Matched the color scheme and everything.

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Amtrak getting in there with the ad placement. 🚄🚆

Reddit news article: "US says it may be forced to shut down some airports over funding standoff" right above an Amtrak ad: "Traveling as a group? Ride Acela together and save up to 60%."

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I spend a lot of time in Hell's Kitchen, so it's like 1/4 of my camera roll.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A trillion dollars would be enough for 100,000 people like me to say "I'm good for money, gonna go live out a great life doing whatever I want without any cares." ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

If I had like 10M you would never hear a peep out of me again.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I want to see the fan theory where Jar-Jar is a Sith Lord produced, but specifically I want to see it in buddy cop format where Jar-Jar keeps calling Palpatine “Steve” and it gets on his nerves.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

PHILADELPHIA WHAT IS UP WITH THE COLD BREAD AND COLD CHEESE?

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Adobe really likes to update all its apps while I'm on Amtrak running a hotspot. Laptop battery normally lasts all day, it's down 35% in under an hour, running 3 CPUs full blast.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's so often just an express road to IPO where the actual product is an afterthought. Once you get close to 100M valuation you get your exit. Lather rinse repeat.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The only tech I've found that's good at predicting my interests is TikTok, and I suspect that ability will wane under new ownership.

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Wait until you hear about "lemme do"

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

At the very least, make the walk to the actual track at least slightly dramatic.

Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Which architecture school is teaching that people want to walk through expansive plazas and concourses on their way to things? Oculus. Anaheim. This... thing. And can they please stop?

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Alex Sramek @mostlydiff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I can't. I just can't. The platform is right there on the left, but you have to go up and down friggin STAIRS or ELEVATORS through an expansive plaza with public art to get there. WHY.